Toy pistol.



J. D. KILGORE.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I0. I9I6.

Patented' May 15, 1917.

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/zrromvfy JOSEPH D. KILGORE, 0F HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

l'TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application tiled March 10, 1916; Serial No. 83,325.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. KILGORE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Homestead, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Toy Pistols, of which the following yisa specification.

The present invention relates to toy pistols of the well-known Kilgoretype designed for handling cap strips, and provided with a strip feedingand repeating action, so that a repeating cap pistol is provided.

This type of pistol is characterized by a magazine chamber intended tohold a roll of ammunition in the form of a cap strip, combined withstrip-feeding and hammeroperating mechanism whereby repeated action onthe trigger will give a proper feeding and repeated firing of the capstrip as it is withdrawn fromv the magazine.

' For convenience in loading, it is customary to provide a cap-stripchamber or magazine with a closing gate or shutter pivotally mounted onthe pistol, soLthat'it may be readily thrown to open position forinsertion of the cap strip and then closed, so as to prevent sidespitting of the caps as they are fired.

In the constructions heretofore developed, it has been customary tomount the gate so as to swing downwardly to permit loading, and in someinstances, at least, it has been found necessary to provide such gatewith springs or other means for maintaining it kin itsclosed position.

Furthermore, in some constructions now known to me, it has beennecessary' to rivet in the gate, or otherwise positively secure itagainst displacement, and as these constructions must of necessity becheap, andthe cost of manufacturingand assembling the pistol as low aspossible, the elimination of all gate-controlling and gate-securingparts is very desirable.

The object of the present construction is to do away with the necessityof springs or other means for maintaining the gate in its open or closedposition, and, furthermore, to simplify the gate-securing means so thatwhen the pistol is assembled, and its main parts are secured together,the gate will be heldin operative position, and its displacementprevented, without resorting to rivetking or equivalent. gate-pintlesecuring means.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view of a pistol embodying my invention with the gateclosed.

Fig. 2 is a similar viewwith the gate open.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on approximately the line 8 3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on approximately the line 4 4, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating like partsin the several views, 10 denotes the pistol proper which is madepreferably of two castings designed to be assembled, as shown, to form acomplete pistol, with the strip-feeding and hammeroperating mechanism 11(conventionally shown) between them; a single holding screw 12 passingthrough the two halves of the pistol at an appropriate point beingsufficient to hold these halves with the oontained action.

One of the halves of the pistol is provided with a firing abutment 12and a pintle 13 to receive the cap-roll 14, and the other --half of thepistol has afloading aperture to permit the insertion of the cap-rollfor engagement with the pintlei13. The loading aperture forms a recessin one of the side members of the frame of the pistol, which recess isopen upwardly of the side member. The loading aperture is preferably ofsuflicient area to uncover the strip magazine for the cap roll 14 andthe firing abutment 12 so that the cap roll may be placed easily uponthe pintle 18 and the end of the strip threaded or properly placed uponthe firing abutment.

After the cap-roll is in position, it is necessary to close the openside of the pistol and this closure is eected by means of the gate 15which is pivotally mounted in a hollow pintle 16 preferably castintegral with the opposite part of the'pistol.

The gate 15 has the pivot 17, which is adapted to be inserted in thehollow pintle 16, so that the gate may be freely turned from its closedto its open position and vice versa.

The gate normally rests in the position shown in Fig. 1, closing theaperture, and its 'movement is upwardly and forwardly tothe openposition shown in Fig. 2. In its open position the gate rests upon theledge 18 adjacent the forward wall of the magazine chamber, the gate inthis position clearing the chamber and leaving it open for the ready.insertion of the cap-roll. It will be observed that the gate swingsthrough an angle of approximately ninety degrees, and drops to an openposition, from which it may be readilythrown back to close the magazine,and that the need of gateholding springs, or equivalent devices formaintaining it in either its open or closed position are by thisconstruction done away with.

The gate pivot 17 engages the hollow pintle 16 loosely, so as to turnfreely therein, and in order to prevent the gate from becomingdisengaged and to avoid the necessity for riveting or otherwise securingthe gate-pivot in place within the hollow pintle, I provide a projectingfin 19, which projects outwardly from the base of the gate pivot 17, andwhen the two halves of the pistol are assembled, lies behind and engagesthe wall of the pistol, so that while the gate is free to turn, itcannot be moved laterally, and its pivot pin displaced from theV bearingpintle. The lin 19 is of such area that 'itf is always in engagementwith the inner -face of the pistol wall, so that in neither its closedor open position can the gate becomeL displaced. At. its rear edge, thevgate is provided with a projecting lug 2O which drops behind the wallof the pistol and maintains the gate in proper closed position.l

The advantage of this construction is that the gate may be appliedwithout the neces-- sity ofgate retaining means to insure its properpositioning when closed or open. Its angular movement is small and insuch direction as enables the user to open and close it quickly, and theprovision of the gate-retaining .n permits me to dispense with thecustomary riveting or other separate retaining means to insure themaintenance Aof the gate in proper assemblage with the other parts. Asthe loading aperture is of suiiicient area to uncover both the stri-pmagazine and the firing abutment, the cap roll may be readily positionedin the pistol, and as the loading' aperture is open upwardly f of theframe of the pistol,.the side of the pistolin which the opening islocated may beof but one part,'the barrel and the handle portions ofthis part being connected by the strip which lies beneath the loadingaperture.

This feature is of considerable value in connection with pistols of thistype where the cost of construction and assembling must'be kept as lowas possible, and it will be observed that the fin 19 is preferably castintegral with the gate, and after being once assembled with the twohalves of the pistol, the single retaining screw or bolt 12 issufiicient to keep the entire construction in proper assembled andoperative position.

It will be obvious that such departures from the present disclosure asamount to mere mechanical skill may be made Vwithout departing from thespirit of my invention.

l/Vhat I claim is c 1. A pistol, having a loading aperture in its wall,a gate seat in rear of and below said aperture, a gate pivo-tedforwardly of and below said aperture to swing upwardly and forwardly inopening, and an abutment at the forward end of said gate seat to supportsaid gate in open position.

2. A pistol, having a loading aperture in its wall, an outstanding gateseat in rear of and below said aperture, and a gate pivoted forwardly ofand below said aperture to swing upwardly and forwardly in opening; theforward end of said outstanding gate seat forming a supporting abutmentfor said gate in open position.

3. A pistol, having a loading aperture in its wall, a gate for saidaperture havin a single pivot mounted in a suitable bearing in one wallof the pistol frame, and a projection adjacent said pivot to engage theother wall of said frame and prevent displacement of said gate.

et. A pistol, having a loading aperture in its wall, a gate for saidaperture having a single pivot mounted in a suitable bearing in thepistol frame, and a circumferential fin at the base of said pivot'toengage the other wall of said frame and prevent displacementof saidgate.

5. A pistol, comprising complementary sections one of which has amagazine and the other of which has a loading-aperture, a gate for saidaperture having a single pivot,

.a pivot bearing on the magazine section, a

has a loading aperture of sufiicient size to uncover both the magazineand the abutment, and a gate for said loading aperture pivoted forwardlyof and below the same and adapted to swing upwardly and forwardly inopening'.

7. A pistol comprising complementary sections one of which has a stripmagazine and a firing abutment intermediate the handle and the barrelportions, the other section having a loading aperture open up Wardlythereof and of sufficient area to uncover both the magazine and thefiring abutment, the barrel and the handle portion of the second sectionbeing connected by the JOSEPH D.' KILGORE.

- strip lying beneath said aperture, and an Witnesses:

upwardly swinging gate for said aperture. J. C. WILLIAMS,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set L. F. HILsDoN.

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